Fascism

Fascism

A political system characterized by extreme nationalism. When it emerged in the early 20th century, it rejected both left-wing and right-wing thought and advocated a system in which the citizens of a nation work together for a common goal (usually under the command of a strong leader). Fascism is noted for corporatist economic policies, in which interests of the state, businesses and workers cooperate to set policies. It is strongly associated with racism and/or expansionism.

Goldberg says "the elevation of unity as the highest social value is a core tenet of fascism and all leftist ideologies" and that the "idea that unity in and of itself has curative, redemptive powers is quintessentially fascistic.

But this severe money supply reduction was accompanied by a collapse in production as FDR handcuffed the entire economy -- from agriculture to manufacturing to finance -- with fascistic notions of total control from Washington.

Verdes-Leroux discerns four strains of radical-right thinking, ranging from the Action Francaise through its dissident offspring such as the journals Combat and the fascistic Je suis partout, to Jacques Doriot's Parti Populaire Francais, which attracted a number of intellectuals.

Employing detournment strategies familiar to lovers of Matthias Muller and Jean-Luc Godard (and Hoolboom's own White Museum and Shooting Blanks), the Toronto-based film and videomaker plumbs the fascistic impulses of both the dream factory and Silicon Valley.

Ahab's outrageous, hubristic defiance of Fate, interpreted by recent literary critics as indicative of his fascistic or imperialistic tendencies, was perceived by Mumford and other 193 0s literary critics as a grand gesture, an expression fulfilling high human aspirations and elevating a human being to heroic status.

Perhaps better than Miller, he grasps the danger of Pentecostal-evangelical fascination with such fascistic demagogues as Pat Robertson, who has recruited many of their number for his Christian Coalition.

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